The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

The moment Lu Jing was acupunctured by the old fisherman, the acrobat, who had been running around like a headless chicken, finally got a chance to catch his breath, and the throwing knives in his hand began to stir.

He had realized that this expert in front of him didn't seem as formidable as he had imagined, and his initial fear had lessened considerably, so his mind naturally became more active.

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Just as the acrobat was channeling his inner force into his fingers, preparing to hurl the throwing knives at Lu Jing's brow, a voice suddenly came from behind him, urging, "Stop playing around! Their boss has already run away. Quickly finish off this guy and go after him!"

The acrobat recognized the speaker as the woman surnamed Xia, so he subconsciously looked back, but he was instantly terrified, because the candy figurine vendor had indeed disappeared as the woman had said.

It was only then that the acrobat remembered that his boss seemed to have fallen silent after shouting "Attack together!" Could it be that he had intended to use them to hold Lu Jing back while he escaped?

Just as the acrobat was in a state of shock and uncertainty, he saw the old fisherman spitting blood and flying out, while Lu Jing, who had been acupunctured, was completely unaffected, still full of energy.

Coupled with the woman surnamed Xia's words, "Stop playing around!", it finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Yes, how could such a powerful expert be truly helpless against him, who was already injured? It was just a cat playing with a mouse! The ridiculous thing was that he had naively thought he had a chance before, how incredibly stupid.

Feeling that he had discovered the truth, the acrobat was now completely terrified, his hands and feet were ice-cold, his face was ashen, and his body was trembling like a sieve. He didn't dare to attack again, and ignoring his three companions who were still healing, he turned around, jumped over the wall of the temple, and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him.

Seeing this scene, the expressions on the faces of the five people in the temple were all different. The woman surnamed Xia breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Jing had an unreal feeling of escaping death, the butcher's face was angry, his eyes were wide open, as if he couldn't believe that his companion would abandon them so decisively, the old fisherman's face showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and the Taoist let out a long sigh.

He seemed to know that he could hardly escape, and he no longer tried to heal his injuries. He said, "Your Excellency's divine skill is unparalleled, we lost without injustice. This old Taoist just wants to understand one thing before I die. What kind of grudge do you have against us, that you were waiting for us in this mountain so early?"

"No grudge," Lu Jing threw away the golden ring and picked up the pig-slaughtering knife that the butcher had dropped on the ground, saying something that made the four people present a little confused, "I mean, if you're doing a mission, just do the mission. Why did you have to chop the nearby NPCs for no reason?"

After saying that, he vigorously swung the pig-slaughtering knife in his hand and chopped it on the Taoist's neck.

Lu Jing knew very well that these three people couldn't be left alive. If he didn't take advantage of their serious injuries and inability to move to kill them while the iron was hot, and waited for the three of them to recover and think carefully, he and the female disciple of the Sword Washing Pavilion would be the ones to die.

Having had the first experience with the flower-selling girl, Lu Jing was no longer as nervous as before when he took action. Although this strike still went a little off course, causing the Taoist to not die immediately and continue to groan for a while, Lu Jing quickly added another strike, which helped him end his pain. However, by the time he got to the butcher and the old fisherman, he was much more skilled.

After killing the people, Lu Jing slightly calmed his racing heart, and then heard the female disciple of the Sword Washing Pavilion speak again, "Thank you, young hero, for saving me."

"No, I was actually mainly trying to protect myself..." Lu Jing scratched his head, "And speaking of which, I have to thank you. If you hadn't scared that guy away just now, I would be the one lying down right now."

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and quickly walked towards the woman surnamed Xia, "You've been acupunctured, can't you move?"

The woman surnamed Xia gently hummed in agreement.

The veiled hat she had been wearing on her head had fallen off when she landed, rolling into the grass with her, one before the other. However, Lu Jing had only caught a glimpse of her at that time, and hadn't really seen her clearly. It wasn't until this moment, face to face, that he discovered that this chivalrous female disciple of the Sword Washing Pavilion actually had a baby face, looking like she hadn't lost her childishness at all.

Just based on her appearance, she didn't look like a female knight errant roaming the pugilistic world at all, but rather like a girl next door who only knew how to chase butterflies and swing on swings all day long. No wonder she had to cover her face with a hat, otherwise Lu Jing estimated that no matter how serious and earnest she was, others wouldn't take her words to heart.

"This place can't be stayed in for long. The people who ran away just now might come back when they figure things out. We have to get down the mountain quickly." Lu Jing knew very well that the two of them were not out of danger yet, so he even suppressed the urge to touch the corpses after defeating the monsters, for fear that they would be blocked if they left too late, and it would be difficult to get away with it again.

After saying that, Lu Jing bent down and picked up the woman from the Sword Washing Pavilion from the ground.

The latter didn't make a sound this time. Lu Jing could feel that her body was a little stiff, and he didn't know if it was because she had been acupunctured or for some other reason. Lu Jing didn't have time to think too much about it. At this moment, his whole mind was focused on escaping. He reversed the Small Diamond Strength, poured his inner force into his legs again, and then strode down the mountain.

The woman surnamed Xia looked a little nervous when she said this, looking at Lu Jing's eyes, fearing that those eyes would also be enveloped in darkness in an instant.

As a result, she heard Lu Jing say, "Unlock acupoints? I don't know how."

"You don't know how to unlock acupoints?" The woman surnamed Xia's face became very strange, but after getting this somewhat laughable answer, the heart she had been holding was relieved a lot.

"Yeah, my master hasn't taught me that yet," Lu Jing said honestly.

This time it was the woman surnamed Xia's turn to want to scratch her head, thinking that your internal strength has been trained to this level, and your master doesn't even teach you how to unlock acupoints? Isn't that too misleading?

But thinking about Lu Jing's performance in the temple before, she felt that this answer seemed... quite reasonable. After a moment, she suddenly realized, "You only practice what you like, just like me, right? My master and senior master have also said that I spend too much time practicing swords, which has led to my internal strength not keeping up. This won't do, because the power of many sword moves increases with the increase of internal strength.

"So although everyone in the pavilion loves swords, the most time is actually spent on breathing exercises every day. It's just that breathing exercises are too boring, and after spending so much effort, the increase in internal strength is not obvious. You are really amazing. If I hadn't seen you, I really wouldn't believe that someone could endure the loneliness and specialize in internal strength."